這句英文成語，在美國，無人不知，無人不曉，在台灣，卻迭有爭議，眾說紛紜，先來看看網路英文專家的說明：
conventional wisdom-->這個詞在中文裡沒有固定譯法，比較常見的翻譯是「傳統觀念」或「世俗認知」，但它帶有負面的意思，因為conventional wisdom與wisdom（智慧）沒有必然關係，雖然廣為世人接受，但它往往未必「明智」，反而可能是個錯誤的、以訛傳訛的概念或想法。
眉批：這到底在說甚麼? 人家要問是這句英文成語的中文說法，你卻回答說沒有固定譯法，那人家問甚麼?
看官有耐性的話，不妨挪個時間探討一下conventional wisdom的真正語意，看看別人無法把這事說明白的原因：
1.大家共同的看法
From Madrid to Maastricht, it has become conventional wisdom that the introduction of the single currency jacked up prices.
從馬德里到馬斯垂克特，引用單一貨幣造成物價上漲已經是大家共同的看法。
The conventional wisdom after the New Hampshire was to drop the team and start over.
新罕布夏初選後大家共同的看法就是撤掉這個團隊，重新開始。
Conventional wisdom had it that his maturity and mild-mannered temperament would be both his greatest asset and his fatal flaw.
大家共同的看法是他的成熟穩重以及溫和的個性將是他最大的資產，也是他的致命傷。
2.民眾的看法
The conventional wisdom has shifted: pardoning Nixon was the farsighted thing to do.
民眾的看法已經轉變：赦免尼克森是很有遠見的事。
3.一般認為
The conventional wisdom was that in fast-growing Asia, companies should invest.
一般認為快速成長的亞洲值得企業投資。
The conventional wisdom is that $50-a-barrel oil has made alternatives to fossil fuels economically viable.
一般認為一桶五十美元的石油已經讓石油替代品在經濟上有競爭力。
The conventional wisdom is that culture is an outgrowth of economic growth.
一般認為文化乃經濟成長的自然結果。
4.多數人的共識
On the basis of a string of previous cases, it had become conventional wisdom that Islamic terrorists would attack Britain from within.
從之前發生的一連串事件看來，回教恐怖份子會從英國內部攻擊已是多數人的共識。
5.民俗說法
With a dead heat in the polls, prognosticators resorted to a host of conventional wisdom to predict the outcome of the race.
在民調不相上下的情況下，選情分析人士紛紛求助各種民俗說法來預測選戰結果。
6.一般常識
This view bucked conventional wisdom, so I sought a second opinion.
這個觀點違反一般常識，所以我又徵詢其他專家的意見。
7.傳統觀念
Once, conventional wisdom held that Asians simply lacked the skills and physically strength to make it in American baseball.
過去，傳統觀念認為亞洲人沒有打美國職棒所需的技巧和力道。
Its strength is flexibility and a willingness to buck conventional wisdom.
它的力量是能變通，有抗拒傳統觀念的意願。
Conventional wisdom says his strategy is wrong, yet he keeps turning out great products.
傳統觀念認為他的策略是錯的，但他卻不斷推出出色的產品。
8.一般民眾的認知
The London bombings have turned the conventional wisdom about terrorism on its head.
倫敦爆炸案已經徹底改變了一般民眾對恐怖主義的認知。
9.多數人的看法
According to conventional wisdom in the industry, Chinese people don’t much like going to the movies, regardless of the ticket price.
根據電影界多數人的看法，無論票價高低，中國人都不太愛看電影。
It’s long been the conventional wisdom among scientists that the human body was made for walking, not running.
人體結構適合走路不適合跑步長久以來即是科學界多數人的看法。
The conventional wisdom in Europe is that the ban will be ended this year.
歐洲多數人的看法是這項禁令今年年底就會結束。
10.普遍看法
It has become conventional wisdom on both sides of the Pacific to assert that the U.S.-Japan alliance is more closer and stronger than it has ever been.
斷定美日聯盟比過去更親密，更堅定已經成為太平洋兩岸的普遍看法。Democrats now accept the conventional wisdom that they may lose the House in November.
民主黨人已經接受他們可能會在十一月丟掉衆院的普遍看法。
資料來源：京文出版社【系列四】高階英漢翻譯詞典
資料來源：京文出版社https://www.gainwind.com.tw/
